Portland High School - Totem Yearbook (Portland, ME)

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I language Department Nliss Aphrodite Lekousi Nhss Theresa Johnson, Mr. George Casey, Language and Buslness Departments Have Progressive Methods The addition of the language lab- oratory has been one of the new fea- tures of the Language Department this year. The Business Department has been instrumental in getting after school jobs for many of the upperclassmen. Mr. George Casey, head of the Language Department, and Mr. Sar- ando Ciftos, head of the Business De- partment, have directed these two important parts of the PHS curricula.

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x i English Department. Front Rott Xlrs Dorothx XX ilsh Nlrs Roscinarx Burns Nl losspi XleDomiell. Xlrs. Emily Nlulxridc Xlr ll 1 pi x 1 at loan Cosgrove. Xlrs. Carroll ut ii t ur rnot r 1 rri l irrx Biirdi. Hrs. lfuniee llrrwson r L L Xl itl t Cultural Courses Broaden Students Background Successful communication und ii knowledge of rnanis cultural heritage are the objectives of the lfnglislv and History Deparrtnients. The uliility to give .ill the forms of the verb to hefl and state the date of the hattle of Bull Run are hoth integral parts of some of the courses. This year. as every year. the ling- lish Departnient under the leadership of Nlr. wloseph Xlellonnell. und the History Departinent directed hy Xlr. 'liunes Silison. hrrve kept step with the rapidly' elmnging patterns of educa- tion.

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LAI Scif-iicc Dcpiirtnicul. Ifmnt lim r r xi 4 nu r Ci.lI'Illill1' Pixcupu, Xlr. Burleigh xr 1 lun N Science and Math Light the Way ln Atomic Age In an age where science and mathe- matics have increased importance. Purtlrmd High School's teachers have met and in iimny' crises surpassed the high Strl!lCl2lI'dS demanded by the uc- celeruted pace of living in the Atomic Age, Sir, XYilli1u'n XY. Simnnton. head of the Science Department. and Nir, lid- giir .-X. Stoddard, In-.id of the Niiithe- matics Dcpairtincnt ligne ably guided their departments. The specialists round out the cur- riculum hy giving specific instruc- tion tu xtudents with iIldiX'iCillrliiZt'li uhilitics. Z